Tickell's Bat

Tickell's bat is a small vesper bat with a head and body of about 7 cm, a forearm of 5 to 6 cm and a wingspan of 38 to 41 cm. Its colour runs from greyish-yellow to bright golden brown with a greyer underside, and females are larger than males. It was described in 1851 and occurs in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and possibly China (Wikipedia, general species account).

No diet or roost information was found for this entry. Nationally Data Deficient (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).